Summer Birds

Hi there,

today I made a summer decoration for the garden. I like it when something nice is blowing and waving in the trees. This summer I have chosen cute, little summer birds.

All you need is your favourite paper, strong cardboard, matching feathers, sequins and beads, a small branch, yarn and cord.

Of course, the most important thing is your Big Shot Plus and from the ...

The cardboard is glued on both sides with the birds, so the Mobile can rotate in all directions.

The birds are so lovely, that I decided to put also one of them onto my pencilbox.

Do you like it?

Have a nice weekend!

Annika

Little birds for a baby

The long anticipated baby has arrived - and it's a boy - James Arthur, brother to 3 beautiful girls!

So there will be a quilt for him - but I really must finish the quilts for two of his sisters and one of his cousins before I start his ( the good news is that all 3 tops are made - I just need to layer them up and quilt them!!)

So a quick gift is what I need - so here it is -

a little string of birds that can fix across his pram - I did think of adding some little bells to this but know that my daughter, Naomi, wouldn't appreciate it.

I used Bigz die 657685 http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/657685/sizzix-bigz-die-birds-3 and the Big Shot http://www.sizzix.co.uk/product/660200/sizzix-big-shot-machine-only-white-gray  to cut the birds in felt - I chose grey and aqua - cutting 4 birds, 2 wings and 2 eyes in grey, and 2 birds, 4 wings and 4 eyes in aqua.

I started by stitching the eyes and wings in place, using a small running stitch, but this can also be stitched on a machine. ( remember to make pairs of birds)

Then I stitched 2 grey birds together, with a length of grey ric rac running through the middle, and adding a little toy stuffing before completing the stitching -

it just remained to complete the other 2 birds in the same way.

I now have a little gift to take when I visit again tomorrow.

An alternative would be to make the birds into a mobile - hanging the birds from ribbon attached to the back.

I could also make a little quilt to match - or even add a bird to a tiny t-shirt - I'm sure my granddaughters will help me decide on the next thing to make for him.

So that's all for this week, have fun sewing.

Angela





Black bird singing...

 

 

Last week I showed you a card with a cute owl on it and this week my card sports another bird: I know a little girl whose name means black bird and I when I make birthday cards for her, I make sure to encorporate a black bird. This year I went big:

Using one of the birds from Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3 I made a black bird the main motif of the card. I simply die cut the bird and its wing from black cardstock, the beak in patterned paper and added the eye in white cardstock decorated with a googly eye.

I made the background look somewhat like the bird was perched on a fence by choosing a patterned paper with a woodgrain / fence look.
 

 

In order to add some extra embellishments I diecut a cloud and a sun from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home in neutral patterned paper. I even stamped the diecut shapes with the coordinating stamps and then I decorated the sun with an enamol dot before adding it to the card on a few foam squares.

 

I had tied a piece of seam binding around the card where the two patterned paper met in order to hide the seam between the papers. It gave me a chance to add a tag made using a die from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments. I decorated the tag with a small cloud and a heart from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home.

Supply list:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home
Cardstock
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Enamel Dots: Prima & My Mind's Eye
Ink: VersaFine
Stickers: Lily Bee
Seam binding
Baker's twine
Button
Googly eye

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I sidste uge viste jeg jer et kort med en nuttet ugle på, og igen i denne uge er der en fugl på mit kort: Jeg kender nemlig en lille pige, hvis navn betyder solsort, og når jeg laver fødselsdagskort til hende, sørger jeg for at der er en solsort på. I år satsede jeg på en stor fugl.

Jeg brugte en af fuglene fra Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3 til at lave en solsort som det primære motiv på kortet. Jeg udstansede ganske enkelt fugl og vinge i sort karton, næbbet i mønstret papir, øjet i hvidt. Øjet fik også et mindre rulleøje for at give det lidt mere detalje.

Det var mit mål at baggrunden skulle få det til at se ud som om fuglen sad på et stakit, hvilket jeg opnåede ved at bruge et mønstret papir med et træmønster.

For at få lidt ekstra pynt på kortet udstansede jeg en sky og en sol fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home i neutrale mønstrede papirer. Jeg brugte de koordinerende stempler til at give sky og sol ekstra detaljer, og endelig dekorerede jeg solen med en enamel dot, før jeg monterede den på kortet på 3d-puder.

Det bånd jeg havde bundet omkring kortet, hvor mine to mønstrede papirer mødtes, gav mig anledning til at tilføje en tag fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments, som jeg pyntede med en lille sky og et hjerte fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home.

Ingredienser:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 9PK w/Stamps - Welcome Home
Karton
Mønstret papir: My Mind's Eye
Enamel Dots: Prima & My Mind's Eye
Sværte: VersaFine
Stickers: Lily Bee
Seam binding
Baker's twine
Knap
Rulleøje



Spring Fever




I hope you are all enjoying spring? This week I want to show a card I made for some one who might not be enjoying spring right now: I wanted to create a get well soon card with a spring theme.

To me one of the cool things about dies is that they can be used in other ways than they were originally designed: When I saw the feet for the birds from Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3 I immediately thought they would be perfect as naivistic tree trunks. So that is how I used them on this week's card. When it came to adding tree tops I needed those to be very simple too. That led me to using the eye from Bigz Die - Birds #3 as well as from Bigz Die - Owl #2.

Supply list:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Bigz Die - Owl #2
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK - Ovals, Scallop
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

Cardstock
Ribbon & thread
Paper: My Little Shoebox
Sequins & rhinestones
Stamps: Wplus9
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

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Jeg håber, at I nyder foråret? I denne uge tænkte jeg, at jeg ville lave et god bedring kort til en, der måske ikke lige nyder foråret lige nu.

Jeg synes, at dies er fede, når de kan noget andet og mere end det, de oprindeligt blev skabt til at kunne. Da jeg første gang så Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3 slog det mig, at benene var perfekte som naivistiske træstammer. Så jeg brugte dem som netop træstammer på dette uges kort. Jeg ville sikre mig, at mine trætoppe stilmæssigt passede overens med stammerne, så derfor brugte jeg bare helt enkle cirkler, som er udstanset med øjnene fra Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3 og Sizzix Bigz Die - Owl #2.

Ingredienser:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Bigz Die - Owl #2
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK - Ovals, Scallop
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals

Karton
Bånd & tråd
Papir: My Little Shoebox
Palietter & bling
Stempler: Wplus9
Sværte: Memento Tuxedo Black

Easter Chickens




With Easter rapidly approaching I took the opportunity to decorate an egg carton with chocolate-eggs in it. Since I made the box for a little girl I wanted it to be playful and fun so I decided to use one of the birds from Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3.

1. Using the Magnetic Platform and a die from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals I was able to cut a rounded edge on the pattern paper I wanted to dress the egg carton in.
2. Once I had achieved the rounded edge on the paper I attached it to the egg carton using a fast drying liquid glue.
3. Before closing the carton I wrapped all four eggs in pink tissue paper.

4. I wanted the birds to sit perched on top of the box and in order to achieve this I attached a strip of paper to the back of each die cut bird.
5. To hide the paper strip I die cut birds in plain cardstock and glue to the back of each bird.
6. Next up I decorated the birds with googly eyes, beaks and combs. Once that was done I attached the birds to the egg carton using glue dots.

I tied a ribbon around the box, closed it with a bow and then attached a tag with the name of the recipient on it. The tag was made with one of the dies from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments.

Supply list:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Paper: October Afternoon
Stickers: Lily Bee
Cardstock
Ribbon + thread
Button
Googly eyes
Egg-carton with content

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Her lige før påske benyttede jeg chancen til at dekorere en æggebakke med chokoladeæg i til en lille pige. Da æsken netop var til et barn, besluttede jeg mig for at lave den sjov, og til det formål brugte jeg en af fuglene fra Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3.

1. Ved hjælp af Magnetic Platform og en die fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals kunne jeg udstanse en fin buet kant på det papir, jeg havde tænkt at pynte kartonen med.
2. Da jeg først havde rundet kanten af, kunne jeg montere papiret på æggebakken med en hurtigt tørrende lim.
3. Før jeg lukkede æggebakken, pakkede jeg alle fire chokoladeæg ind i pink silkepapir.
4. Jeg ville have fuglene til at sidde på toppen af æggebakken, og for at det kunne lade sig gøre, limede jeg en strimmel papir på bagsiden af hver fugl.
5. Ekstra udstansninger i almindeligt karton skjuler papirstrimlen.
6. Efter at have dekoreret fuglene med rulleøjne, næb og hanekamme limede jeg dem på æggebakken med gluedots.

Slutteligt bandt jeg et bånd omkring æggebakken, lukkede med en sløjfe og hang en tag med pigens navn på fra sløjfen. Taggen lavede jeg med en dies fra Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments.

Ingredienser:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Bigz Die - Birds #3
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Ovals
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 12PK - Tags, Sentiments
Sizzix Accessory - Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Papir: October Afternoon
Stickers: Lily Bee
Karton
Bånd + tråd
Knap
Rulleøjne
Æggebakke med indhold